Word game. What do these words have in common? I am trying to think of more.

[Lucky Luciano]

Add more to the list if you can think of any:


Invalid
Wind
Object
Subject - barely makes the cut for this list.
Wound
Resent
Resume
Refuse
Polish
Tear

On edit: I chose not to add "Read" to the list as I want the two pronunciations to have very different meanings.

[GeorgeGist]

1. They have at least two different pronunciations.

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Well done! nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. progress...record...perfect...rebel...permit

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Record is the best in your list.

The others are good, but like "subject" in my list were based on different inflections as opposed to different sounds altogether...but bravo for 5 quick words!

On edit: progress is also different by more than inflection! Unless you are a Brit!

[pinboy3niner]

3. Didn't

[Lionel Mandrake]

7. Here's a few more

minute
sow
bow
unionized

[pinboy3niner]

8. Took me a minute to get unionized

[pinboy3niner]

9. And I'm surprised no one has questioned me yet on 'didn't'

What's up with that?

[Lionel Mandrake]

14. Okay, what did you mean by "didn't"?

AFAIK there is only one way to pronounce "didn't".

[Tom Kitten]

10. When I was in the Air Force

I had a barracks mate with the last name of Kazukiewicz. Once we had an inspection and he got a demerit. He received the explanatory note and all it said was...

"Polish brass"

[pinboy3niner]

11. LOL!

In Army Infantry OCS we had a guy named Pugliano who already had rank as a Warrant Officer helicopter pilot but wanted to get a commission.

Every once in a while somebody would get Pugliano's attention and twirl his fingers in the air while saying, "Wop wop wop wop." It was never bigoted or mean--everybody respected and loved Pugliano--but people couldn't resist the play on words.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

12. More

Lead
Read

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. One word with a Democratic pronunciation and a Republican one:

Nuclear

[eppur_se_muova]

15. Reject, Project ... more 'jects ... also affect, defect, perfect more 'ects ...

Accent on first vs second syllable -- noun (one adjective) vs verb pattern. Presumably goes back to etymology.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Resign confuses a lot of sports fans...

saying a key player has resigned can either draw huge sighs of relief or screams of panic.

That's why I add a hyphen when appropriate: re-sign

[Phentex]

17. produce

I think Alex Trebec has botched it a few times.